Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (3 September 1814), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 3(2): 555 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Cette Plante croît dans les Indes orientales, aux îles Séchelles."

• Comment: As both the name and description are ascribed to Desvaux, he is here accepted as the author under ICN Art. 46.2 (Melbourne Code, 2012).

Trevisan de Saint-Léon, V.B.A. (1874), Sylloge Sporophytum Italiae. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali 17(2): 247 [basionym]

basionym of: Huperzia carinata (Desv.) Trevis. legitimate

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 226 [secondary reference]

Ching, R.C. (1982), The taxonomy of Chinese Lycopodiaceae (sen. lat.). Acta Botanica Yunnanica 4(2): 120 [basionym]

basionym of: Phlegmariurus carinatus (Desv.) Ching legitimate

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 11 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 12 [secondary reference]

Øllgaard, B. (1989), Index of the Lycopodiaceae. Biologiske Skrifter 3: 36 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Indes orientales, aux îles Séchelles (? or New Ireland) [‘Isle Praslin’] (P-Juss. 639)’."

Andrews, S.B. (1990), Ferns of Queensland: 226 [secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Lycopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 80 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Huperzia carinata (Desv.) Trevis. legitimate

Field, A.R. & Bostock, P.D. (2013), New and existing combinations in Palaeotropical Phlegmariurus (Lycopodiaceae) and typification of the type species Phlegmariurus phlegmaria (L.) T.Sen & U.Sen. Phytokeys 20: 37 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phlegmariurus carinatus (Desv.) Ching legitimate

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 6 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Praslin [Praslin Island, Seychelles or Port Praslin,New Ireland], s. dat., Commerson s.n., Herb. Jussieu 639 (lecto: P-JU 639!; isolecto: P 00523011!,"

• Text: "Øllgaard (1989, p. 36) cited the type of the name Lycopodium carinatum as ‘Type: Indes orientales, aux îles Séchelles (? or New Ireland) [‘Isle Praslin’] (P-Juss. 639)’. This is here treated as effective lectotypification by Øllgaard in accordance with ICN Art. 7.11 (Turland et al. 2018)."

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 6 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phlegmariurus carinatus (Desv.) Ching legitimate

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